Malaga [working proof 25]

1993

Christopher Brown

Associated Names
Christopher Brown

Artist, American, born 1951

Pamela Paulson

Printer, American, active late20th century

This is a painting of silhouettes in a stylized, shadowy scene with street markings. The painting depicts an abstract scene with several silhouetted figures against a backdrop of blue and purple. Linear, lighter colored stripes suggest a street or walkway. The colors are soft and blurred, creating overlapping shadows and patches of light. The composition conveys motion and interaction in an urban environment.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color soft ground etching, spit bite aquatint, and aquatint with roulette and pastel additions on wove Somerset paper [working proof 25]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.2 × 25.3 cm (9 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 43.5 × 43.6 cm (17 1/8 × 17 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2024.132.188

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    [working proof 25]

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

Not signed. Not dated. "16" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Brown-Malaga WP*25" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

None.

Watermarks

None.

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